Abstract: A patient restraint garment, which is quickly applied to or removed from a patient and which is substantially non-defeatable by the patient, is disclosed which comprises: a flexible panel having an opening to receive the head and neck of a patient thereby forming front and rear portions covering the upper torso of the patient; tying straps attached to the bottom corners of the front portion of the panel for engagement with at least one of a plurality of loops attached to the bottom region of the rear portion of the panel, to connect and snug the bottom regions of the front and rear portions of the panel about the patient, prior to securing the tying straps to a structure out of reach of the patient, at least one side strap extending laterally from each side of the front portion of the panel, at chest level, which straps have fastening means thereon for engagement with a portion of a receiving means attached to the upper back region of the rear portion of the panel to create custom-fit, adjustable arm holes fo

Abstract: A toy vehicle spray painted with paint containing thermochromic material which changes color as the temperature of the vehicle varies. Selected portions of the toy vehicle may be painted with the thermochromic material to provide a variety of patterns, designs, numbers, letters or other indicia which change color in response to temperature variations. In addition, different portions of the toy vehicle may be painted with different paints containing different color thermochromic materials.

Abstract: An automatic pencil includes a front housing and a rear housing. A lead-propelling unit and a control unit are positioned within the front and rear housings respectively. The control unit is retained on the propelling unit. When the rear housing is continuously rotated relative to the front housing in a certain direction, a lead rod intermittently moves forward to project from the pencil tip. The propelling unit has a first engagement element, while the control unit has a second engagement element. Each of the first and second engagement elements has several sprocket teeth provided annularly on an end surface thereof. After use, the rear housing may be rotated relative to the front housing in the opposite direction so that the barbed ends of the second engagement element pull the barbed ends to the first engagement element backward. A compression spring helps the first engagement element, and hence the lead rod projecting from the pencil tip, to move backward.

Abstract: A garden tool having a cultivating blade portion and a cultivating tine portion provided at the end of a relatively long handle. The blade portion is generally U-shaped and is substantially equal in width to the tine portion. The blade portion is articulated relative to the tine portion.

Abstract: An animal calling device is disclosed having a main body portion with a cylindrical sound chamber end and a mouthpiece end generally continuous with the sound chamber. A groove formed in the mouthpiece is continuous with a bore formed in the sound chamber and a vibratable reed covers the groove and is secured at the interface of the mouthpiece and chamber. A plug, cap or integral wall closure is disposed in, over or in conjunction with the bore, respectively, to substantially close the bore but allow restricted airflow therethrough, thereby lowering the tone of the present device without having to cup the hands or fingers around the bore. The reed in one embodiment is seated on a sloping bridge portion to reduce the effort needed in blowing through the call while maintaining the low tone produced.

Abstract: A mechanical pencil includes a tube-like housing having lead cavities annularly provided around an operating central rod. Leads from the cavities are discharged into a lead guiding passage through a rotary lead discharge member which is provided above the lead guiding passages and has a lead discharge passage. The lead discharge member is cooperatively associated with the rod so as to turn, upon depression of the rod, between a first position in which the lead enters the lead discharge passage from one of the lead cavities and a second position in which the lead enters the lead guide passage from the lead discharge passage.

Abstract: A grip demoisturizing device for a sports racquet, or the like, has a normally closed tubular container containing a moisture absorbing powder and a self-closing, elastically yielding flap valve for admitting the grip into the container. A described embodiment has an apertured tubular partition located coaxially within the container and spaced therefrom by apertured discs, with powder being stored in an annular region and the diameter of the partition being chosen so as to provide a "pump" and "swab" action to provide an additional measure of neatness in dispensing the powder onto the grip.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a dispenser of the propel/repel type, typically used for solid stick deodorants. The dispenser includes a container, a piston mounted on a threaded rod, and an actuating wheel to rotate the rod and either advance the piston toward a product outlet or retracted it away from the outlet. Filling with molten deodorant material can be effected either through the top (i.e., the product outlet) or the bottom of the dispenser. When top-filling, the container is filled through the product outlet, while the piston is fully retracted. Alternatively, the container can be bottom-filled with a cover over the product outlet simply by advancing the piston slightly toward the product outlet, injecting molten deodorant material through openings in the piston and container, and fully retracting the piston to close the filling openings. Once filled by either technique, the dispenser contents are allowed to cool and solidify.

Abstract: A power handheld cultivating device has a protective tube for a motor drive shaft and a working implement mountable at the end of the protective tube. A miter-like gear is connectible to the end of the drive shaft and has an output shaft carrying a gear wheel which cooperates with a toothed gear rigid with a drive shaft for the working implement. The implement is mounted on a carrier which is laterally surrounded by an impact body and passages open to the outside may be provided between the impact body and the carrier.

Abstract: An earth compacting apparatus for mounting at one end of an earth working vehicle comprises a plurality of separate compaction units and a pivotal linkage for pivotally mounting the compaction units side by side on a vehicle. An actuator assembly operates on the linkage for independently raising and lowering each compaction unit between a raised, inoperative position and a lowered position in contact with the ground. The actuator assembly also provides downward pressure on each compaction unit in the lowered position.

Abstract: An arrangement of a roller in combination with a draft vehicle comprising a draft frame, axle means supported by the draft frame, and roller supported by the axle means to allow rotational freedom about a central axis of a cylindrical shape of the roller, the arrangement being characterized in that the draft frame is connected to the draft vehicle by means constraining rotation of the draft frame relative to the draft vehicle about a vertical axis.

Abstract: An agricultural machine for smoothing ruts, such as are produced in a field by center pivot sprinkler irrigation systems, comprises a pair of rotary tillers arranged in a unique frame for traveling over and along respectively opposite sides of the rut as such tillers are rotated toward each other to break up clods of soil ridged above the rut at opposite sides thereof and to largely fill and smooth the rut. A guide shoe carried by the frame midway between the rotary tillers is preferably provided to travel along the rut and maintain the rotary tillers at proper working positions, and a hood with outriggered side walls hinged thereto for outward swinging movement preferably covers the rotary tillers.

Abstract: An agricultural earth working system including a vertically adjustable deep tillage tool in tandem with a V-shaped sweep blade tool, the system being mounted on a field traversable frame and adapted to be drawn through the field by a conventional farming tractor. A disk is positioned in front of a shank for the sweep blade tool. The system cuts roots of weeds with the sweep blade and at the same time deep shatters or cultivates the soil with the deep tillage tool in such a manner that very little of the field surface is disturbed, so as to retain stubble cover and prevent erosion, yet destroying the weeds and sufficiently working the ground beneath the surface, especially with the deep tillage tool to enhance water absorption.

Abstract: A support arm has an inner section connected to the three-point hitch of a tractor and an outer section positioned at the side of the tractor carrying a spreader which can spread ground over which the tractor cannot be driven. The spreader may be raised or lowered to reach ditches, side slopes or terraces. A support arm may be converted into a tongue for pulling the spreader behind the tractor when a cart is provided at the outer end, and a hitch is provided on the inner end for being connected to the draw bar of a tractor.

Abstract: A syringe-like bone clamp installation tool has a hollow piston with a longitudinal slot. A shank end of a Reese clamp and at least one of a plurality of right truncated cones of a central portion thereof are disposed within the piston. The piston is slidably disposed within a hollow barrel that has a proximal end from which a forked tab extends through the slot into the piston. The tines of the fork maintain the cone against motion relative to the barrel. An open end is the piston is countersunk to receive a button of the clamp exterior to the piston. As the barrel is moved towards the closed end of the piston, the button is advanced.

Abstract: The tool includes a shaft adapted at its upper end to receive a power source. Flighting extends partially along the shaft above a pair of radially directed elongate blades which project outwardly from the shaft a distance beyond the flighting edge. A modified form dispenses with the flighting.

Abstract: There is disclosed a ground aeration device which forces aeration spikes into the soil without requiring ballast weight. The aeration device is comprised of a cylindrical roller having a plurality of spikes projecting therefrom, the spikes being aligned in a helical row which extends once around the circumference of the roller; support arms having the roller rotatably secured to one end; and mounting brackets which are adapted to mount the opposed ends of the support arms to the front of a lawn mower, the support arms being oriented toward the ground at an angle of between 30 and 60 degrees in relation to the horizon such that the spikes of the roller penetrate the underlying groundsurface.

Abstract: Improved tractor frontal three-point connection apparatus with lower links attached to the front bolster at a pivot axis behind the front panelling of the tractor housing and pivotable to positions behind such panelling, the lower links having rear extensions acted on by lower ends of substantially vertical hydraulic cylinders to pivot the lower links to a substantially vertical orientation, thereby facilitating movement of lower links to inoperative positions over the front axles. Preferred embodiments include a tubular rock shaft rotatably mounted on the front bolster and having rearwardly extending cylinder-attachment lugs, opposite ends removably receiving journals of the lower links, and pocket members at each end receiving and interacting with the rear extensions of the lower links.

Abstract: A cutting tooth assembly for heavy duty earth working machines has a replaceable cutting point comprised of a length of metal bar of constant transverse cross-section, which is frictionally held on a shank by a reusable holding clamp and which is repositionable on the shank. A used length of the metal bar is welded to an unused length of metal bar or to another used length of metal bar, thus permitting the entire length of the cutting point material to be utilized, thus limiting discarded scrap to a minimum and reducing operation costs.

Abstract: A removable member, having a front surface for receiving a flexible sheet of ornamental material thereover, is attachably engageable with a backing member. A peripheral edge of the sheet is gripped and held between the engaged members. The backing member carries a post, clip, pin or other device for attachment to a selected substrate such as the human body or the clothing. The movable member is held in snap engagement with the backing member for convenient separation and changeability of the ornamental sheet material.